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v F1 F RISK AUTO GOLF- BAG CARRIER Filed March 20, 1922 Patented June 24, 1924D UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'FREDERICK FRISK, Ol SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO FRISK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPGR'AIION .F CALIFORNIA.

sono Genn-BAG. CARRIER.

Application led March 20, 1922. Serial No. 545,057.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK Freien, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Auto Golffag Carriers, of which the following is a speciiication.

The primary object of this invention is i0 to provide a simply constructed and inexpensive device for supporting in a convenient and accessible position upon an automobile, a golf club case or bag ordinarily referred to as a golf bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is in the form of an attachment adapted to be secured to the running board of an automobile and which is constructed so that it may be collapsed or folded in a cornpact and out-ofthe-way position when not in use. l e

Another object of the invention is to provide a golf bag carrier of the character described which may be locked upon the automobile so that it cannot be removed by un authorized persons. e

A further object is to provide a carrier such as described which will not rattle or work loose after attachment to the automobile and which does not require any change in the `construction of any automobile to effect its attachment.

An additional object is to provide a carrier which will support the golf bag inupright position in such manner that the clubs willnot be jarred out of the bag.

The invention possesses other advantages and features some of which, with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the foln lowing description where I shall outline in full that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawing` accompanying and forming a part of the present specificationn` In said drawings I have shown one form of the construction of m invention, but it is to Ybe understood that I `do not limit myself to such form since the invention as expressed in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to the drawing: Y

Figure 1 represents a fragmentary side elevation of an automobile showing the carrier of my invention as when in use.

Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the carrier, the running board being shown in cross section..

Figure 3 represents a top plan view of the carrier. l

In the drawing, the embodiment of my invention illustrated in detail comprises a clamp 1 adapted to be removably affixed to the running board 2 of an automobile 3 only part of which latter is shown. The clamp serves as the body of the carrier and is of a substantially U shape with a short arm 4:` adapted to extend under the board 2 and a longer arm 5 adapted to lie upon the upper side of the board, said clamp being preferably formed of channel iron. In the short arm 4 is a screw 7 with a flat member 8 its inner end arranged to engage the board 2. The other end of the screw is bent right angular-ly to form a handle 9 and said handle is provided with an aperture 10. The arm 4 has an apertured appendage 11 riveted or otherwise fixed thereto. After tightening the screw to securely fix the clamp on the board the hasp 12 of a padlock 13 may be inserted as shown in Figure 3 through the apertures in the handle and Vappendage and then locked so as to lock the clamp on the running board.

A collapsible or foldable bracket or golf bag support is aiiix'ed to the clamp 1 and to a cross piece 14 in turn fixed centrally of its ends to a mediate part of the arm 5 of said clamp. The piece 14 has upturned apertured ends 15. The ybracket or support comprises an inverted U shaped member made up of a rod 16 rotatably mounted in the apertured ends 15 and lying above and parallel to the cross piece 14. After passing through the end 15 the rod is bent upwardly to provide short arms 17 yhaving eyes 18 in their upper ends. The ends 15 have the running board of an automobile, arms extending upwardly from said clamp and adapted to receive between them a glof bag, and members rotatable on said clamp and on which the arms are carried.

4. A golf bag carrier for automobiles comprising a clamp adapted to be mounted upon the running board of an automobile, arms extending upwardly from said clamp and adapted to receive between them a golf bag', and members rotatable on said clamp and on which the rods are carried said rods having inwardly projecting portions adapted to engage and force inwardly the lower flexible part of' the golf bag.

5. A golf bag carrier for automobiles com prising a clamp adapted to be mounted upon the ruiming board of an automobile, arms extending upwardly from said clamp and adapted to receive between them a golf bag,

and members rotatable on said clamp and on which the rods are carried, said arms being adapted to fold so as to overlie one another on the running board whereby movement of certain of said arms into upright position will eiect corresponding movement of the other of said arms.

6. An automobile golf bag carrier comprising a body member adapted for attachment to a part of an automobile, a plurality of arms mounted on the body so as to be movable from a substantially horizontal position into an upright position, said arms being spaced apart so as to receive therebetween a golf bagj said arms having inwardly extending portions adapted to press inwardly the flexible part of the bag adjacent its lower end.

FREDERICK FRISK. 

